Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (6: 16-21) in which the disciples, who encounter a fierce storm on the lake as they are heading for Capernaum, take fright when they see Jesus approaching them, walking on the water. As we come to the end of the second week in our Easter season, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (6: 1-15) in which a crowd of 5,000 people, who had been following and listening to Jesus, are fed with five loaves and two fish. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Catherine of Siena, whose memorial we celebrate today.Catherine was born [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 31-36) in which John the Baptist says to his disciples, ‘He whom God has sent speaks God’s own words; God gives the Spirit without reserve. The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to him’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 16-21) in which Jesus says to Nicodemus, ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost shall not but may have eternal life’.Fr Paul opens with this quote ‘God sent his [...]
Today is the feast of St Mark, the Evangelist and Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 15-20) in which the disciples, after Jesus is taken up into heaven, went out and preached everywhere, ‘the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it”.Fr Paul then [...]
On this ANZAC Day, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (12: 23-28) in which Jesus says to his disciples “Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified”.Today, Fr Paul shares the story of a young priest:Jeremiah Joseph Dineen (pictured in Fr Paul’s background today) was born [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (16:9-15) in which Jesus commissions the disciples to “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creation”.Fr Paul says, yesterday, we heard and read from the end of John’s Gospel and, today, we hear the end of Mark’s Gospel. [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 1-14) in which Jesus shows himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberius and after they haul in a miraculous catch of fish, he cooks them breakfast on the shore. Fr Paul says, today, we hear about the disciples being reunited [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (24: 35-48) in which the disciples were alarmed and frightened when Jesus comes among them saying “Peace be with you’ and he asks them, “Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts rising in your hearts? Look at my hands and feet. Yes, it [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (24: 13-34) in which two disciples find themselves in the presence of the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus.Fr Paul says this beautiful story of the Road to Emmaus is also a beautiful story because it also outlines for us the journey of faith to [...]